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Spiral microfluidics enhanced isolation of epithelial cells from infected mice urine
, L.Y.L. Yung, S.L. Chen
Published in Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society
2020
Pages: 755 - 756
Abstract
Spiral microfluidics has been used in this study to isolate infected epithelial cells containing intracellular bacterial communities (IBCs) from other cells (RBCs, WBCs, and bacteria), in urine. Epithelial cells in human urine are 20 μm to 160 μm in size and hence traditional size based spiral microfluidic isolation cannot be used effectively. We isolated ~60% of epithelial cells by combining Dean Flow Fractionation with switched focusing mode at > 98% purity. We then use the proposed method for the isolation of epithelial cells from infected mice urine and show the presence of IBCs in the isolated cells as a proof of concept. © 2020 CBMS-0001
About the journal
JournalMicroTAS 2020 - 24th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
PublisherChemical and Biological Microsystems Society